Wastewater from collapsed underground pipes covers an area of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2024. (Archive photo: Bachar Taleb/AFP)
The Arab world is going through one of the darkest periods in its history. Lebanon is at war and the south threatened by a lasting Israeli occupation. The April 8 massacre — 357 dead and nearly 2,000 wounded — adds to the long list of tragic dates that have marked the country’s history from 1975 to today. The cease-fire between the United States and Iran remains particularly fragile, and the opening of direct negotiations between Tel Aviv and Beirut — which led Thursday evening to the announcement of a ten-day truce — is deeply dividing society and portraying a more threatening-than-ever Hezbollah.At the regional level, despite the growing number of reports by international organizations and experts accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and denouncing an apartheid regime, each passing day seems to move us further away from a just solution...
The Arab world is going through one of the darkest periods in its history. Lebanon is at war and the south threatened by a lasting Israeli occupation. The April 8 massacre — 357 dead and nearly 2,000 wounded — adds to the long list of tragic dates that have marked the country’s history from 1975 to today. The cease-fire between the United States and Iran remains particularly fragile, and the opening of direct negotiations between Tel Aviv and Beirut — which led Thursday evening to the announcement of a ten-day truce — is deeply dividing society and portraying a more threatening-than-ever Hezbollah.At the regional level, despite the growing number of reports by international organizations and experts accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and denouncing an apartheid regime, each passing day seems to move us further away from a just...
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